Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mosirə

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Japonic

Reconstruction

Various dialects in the far north of the Tōhoku region have /mosVro/, and the Izumo dialect has /mosï̥ro/ where /me ~ mï ~ mɯ̈/ would be expected in the case of *mu.

Pronunciation

  • Accent class: 3.4a

Noun

*mosirə

  1. straw mat

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (musiro2)
    • Japanese: 筵, 蓆, 席, 莚 (mushiro, Heian LLL, Tokyo 3 [LHH-L], Kyoto 2 [HLL-L],[1] Kagoshima B [LLH-L][2])
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mosiro (tone class C)

References

  1. ^ “むしろ 【筵・蓆・席・莚】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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